Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

CIDA has supported APC’s work since the early days through a diversity of partnership projects with Web Networks, an APC member in Canada – including cost-recovery systems for email management for emerging African networks; support of APC WNSP’s preparatory work for the1995 UNWCW7; and facilitation of NGO participation in the 1997 Global Knowledge conference in Toronto, Canada. As well, CIDA supported the development of community radio exchange tools using APC’s ActionApps and Beijing+5 Section J activities to advocate for support of women’s use of ICTs.

In 2001 CIDA funded the Media Convergence and Toolkit project, and in 2003 and 2004 provided support for “Knowledge and capacity for civil society engagement in ICT policies: Leveraging the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)”.